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Andrew Ford
| FLORIDA TODAY

Chappelle performed two sold-out shows at the 2,016-seat King Center on Thursday, a hip, contemporary comic on stage two days after a special preview screening of public TV sensation "Downton Abbey," and a few days before Southern rocker Gregg Allman, "America's Got Talent" wunderkind Jackie Evancho and country-music legend Merle Haggard.

Executive Director Steve Janicki pointed out the crowd was different, younger than usual. He surmised most of the people there had never been in the ...